TRANSPORTATION Car collides with South Shore The...

February 22, 2009

TRANSPORTATIONCar collides with South Shore The South Shore temporarily suspended service while police investigated a crash with a vehicle. Shortly after 6 p.m. Saturday, a small sport utility vehicle crashed into the train near LaPorte County roads 700 North and 900 East, according to police scanner traffic. The train continued moving through the area after the collision, which occurred near the LaPorte and St. Joseph County line. Two passengers in the SUV were injured and were extracted from the vehicle. The extent of their injuries was not known. ACCIDENTAL DEATHFarmer dies after trapped in silo BERRIEN SPRINGS -- A dairy farmer has died after being rescued from the silo where frozen fodder collapsed on top of him, trapping him upside-down for about six hours. Berrien Springs-Oronoko Township Fire Chief Bruce Stover says 65-year-old Keith Brohman was conscious and alert when he was removed from the 60-foot-tall silo about 4 p.m. Friday. But Police Chief Milt Agay says Brohman died about an hour later in a medical transport helicopter before it could take off for Memorial Hospital in South Bend. The cause of death had not been determined late Friday. The Herald-Palladium of St. Joseph says Brohman apparently was breathing through air pockets when a neighbor and his son heard his voice. They cut off a door and cleared enough silage to be able to talk to him while rescuers were en route. TRAFFIC2-vehicle crash sends 1 to hospital SOUTH BEND -- A man was hospitalized Friday after a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Eddy Street and South Bend Avenue. About 6:45 p.m., South Bend police said, the man, who was southbound on South Bend Avenue, tried to turn left onto Eddy and collided head-on with a northbound vehicle. The man complained of chest pain and was taken to the hospital, police said.